Note that his mother barely survived the nazi siege of Leningrad. Lots of Russians have similar intergenerational trauma. That is why he is talking about “denazification”.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anthropocene-reviewed/e...

Ok, then what I said was not entirely fair to him. But at the same time, it is a common scenario where one human suffers and then shares that suffering upon others.

My privileged perspective is different from that of many other people, but I must believe that the best path to success and happiness for all is coordination rather than force and might. I also know that someone in his position lacks for nothing by any external perspective. We cannot give him benefit of the doubt; he isn't interested in the betterment of his people, else he would not have allowed a few people to get ownership of major public assets, leaving the general population low while a few people became absurdely rich. Therefore, his motivations now are for his own appearance and self esteem. If he makes a more powerful Russia, then he is worthy of the photo of him proudly riding a horse bare-chested.

> it is a common scenario where one human suffers and then shares that suffering upon others.

All too true

His actions over the decades towards potential electoral opposition have put him in a position where the full weight of Russian history is upon him personally. If Russia was democratic, there would be a deep bench of leaders to relieve the stress.

It now is too hard for him to tell the difference between a threat to his ego and a threat which could shatter Russia into civil war. Thus, tyranny.